SpoonyGT

Mine cracked near the thermostat housing crossover and is spewing coolant everywhere. I have some extra cash so I wanna invest in a metal manifold. Now, I have researched quite a bit and opinions are mixed on the typhoon. I'm not spending 800 for the trickflow because the car is my DD. I also looked at the victor jr and the elbow but I think that would run about 700 said and done. Are there any other options? I contacted Jim Reichard from Reichard racing and he said theirs are discontinued due to production costs. Basically, the car is long tubes, h pipe, plenum, intake, 4.10 gear, flowmaster 40s, and handheld tuner. I will be camming the car with either VT stg 2 or Hi-tech stage 2 cams and possibly spraying the car this coming summer so a metal manifold would come in handy. Comments and suggestions appreciated. Also, how big of a job is installing one yourself?

Rush1791

when i bought mine used it was already cracked but they gave me a warranty lol the part is like 300 bucks (the stupid plastic replacement one) but the bill was 1700+ at the ford dealership...

SpoonyGT

I'm definately not getting an oem plastic one. If I spray the car, I want a little more assurance. I definately agree with the dealer comment.

mrtstang

Since you have stock heads i would consider the Bullitt intake. You won't be able to take advantage of the other intakes anyway.

Sonic04

whats a good intake mani. for a big single turbo app?

SpoonyGT

Don't the bullits run quite a bit of money as well?

lizzyfan

They do! Not worth it either! If you are gonna spend the money do the TF or Victor Jr

mrtstang

I wasn't sure how much the Bullitt intake was. The problem is that it looks like the op doesn't want to spend the money on a aftermarket intake (maybe i'm wrong) but doesn't want the stock plastic one either.

SpoonyGT

With the vic jr, do u have to buy the elbow from sullivan? I read somewhere about an adapter plate to use the stock plenum and TB combo. Whqt about fuel rails? It looks promising if I can just buy something to adapt the stock upper intake/TB. I don't wanna buy the 300 dollar elbow AND a cobra TB.

SpoonyGT

My budget is 600 bucks. That basically rules out the p-51 and the trickflow. Basically, its between typhoon and vic jr IF I can get everything needed for the vic jr for under 600.